The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
9:59 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1224
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 | 207.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 324.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 02m / 24.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.54° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.55° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.