The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2036
Waxing Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
9:04 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1410
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 | 45.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 125.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.84° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.20° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.