The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 2000
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
2:47 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 964
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 | 314.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 223.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -11.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.86° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.42° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.