The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2035
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1397
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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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 | 270.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 2.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.91° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.77° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.