The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 2006
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
6:06 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1039
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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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 | 13.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 158.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -27.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.62° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.48° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.