The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2058
Waxing Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1682
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 | 81.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 94.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / -7.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.69° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.45° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.