The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2013
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
10:16 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 226.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 302.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 10.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.91° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.63° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.12° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.