The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 1986
Waning Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
11:33 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 791
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 | 239.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 294.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.73° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.94° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.