The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
2:30 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 779
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 | 118.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 10.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.68° / -0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / 1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.42° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.