The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2055
Waxing Crescent
13.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
8:47 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.1%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1645
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 | 42.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 128.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.04° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.56° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.