The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
1:35 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1113
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 | 106.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 68.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.20° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.26° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.