The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 2048
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
8:41 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1558
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 | 195.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 334.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 20.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.95° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.73° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.