The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 1976
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
6:16 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 668
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 | 8.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 161.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.48° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.55° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.