The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2040
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
10:29 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1459
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 317.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 23.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.69° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.31° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.