The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
6:11 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 581
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 | 157.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 17.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.00° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.27° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.