The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 2039
Waxing Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1447
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 | 81.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 95.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / -8.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.05° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.24° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.25° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.