The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 2033
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
5:32 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1372
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 172.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.27° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.33° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 169.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.