The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 2054
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1632
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / 3.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.30° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.56° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.