The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2049
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
2:37 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1570
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 | 319.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 216.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.13° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.31° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.