The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 1992
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
3:14 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 865
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 202.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 00m / -22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.37° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.09° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.