The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 1972
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
9:01 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 618
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 | 198.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 332.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 22.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.08° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.13° / 1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.69° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.