The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
3:07 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1014
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 | 125.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 51.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.78° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.65° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.