The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 2044
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
7:12 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1509
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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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 146.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -24.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.90° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.86° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.