The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
5:29 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1521
Events on this date
-
December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 25.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 25.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.10° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.22° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.