The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2024
Waning Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
12:04 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1261
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 | 256.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 6.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.00° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.50° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.