The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2038
Waning Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
2:07 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1434
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 | 300.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 238.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -7.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.28° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.87° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.