The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2002
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
9:38 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 989
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 | 202.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 329.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 25.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.39° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.77° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.