The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2115
Waxing Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
11:17 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2387
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -11.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.88° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.19° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.