The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
3:19 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1620
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 | 129.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 10.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.21° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.81° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.