The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2008
Waning Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
1:09 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 296.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 238.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.61° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.77° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.