The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2057
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
2:05 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1669
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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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 238.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -7.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.93° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.42° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.66° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.