The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 2043
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
11:52 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1496
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 | 252.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 8.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.88° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.15° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.