The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
4:30 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 915
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 | 143.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 33.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 14.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.40° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.06° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.