The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 1990
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
9:34 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 841
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 | 49.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 120.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -13.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.26° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.14° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.