The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2021
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
9:14 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1224
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 335.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 26.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.52° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.41° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.