The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
12:49 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1348
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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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 | 98.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 75.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 6.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.49° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.12° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.62° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| 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.