The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2047
Waxing Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
10:45 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1546
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 | 62.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 108.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -6.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.96° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.61° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.90° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.