The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
3:22 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,400 km.
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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 | 130.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 47.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 11.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.01° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.40° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.