The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2059
Waning Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
10:18 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1694
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 | 212.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 320.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 24.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.88° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.97° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.