The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
3:15 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -25
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 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 49.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.25° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.88° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.06° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.