The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
12:37 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1583
Events on this date
-
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 | 96.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 77.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 5.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.97° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.81° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.