The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 2034
Waxing Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
3:10 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1385
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 | 128.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.40° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.60° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.