The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 1994
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
9:57 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 890
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 | 220.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 308.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 12.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.32° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.34° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.