The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2046
Waning Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
12:39 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1533
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 | 284.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 249.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -10.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.42° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.20° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.