The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 2062
Waning Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
11:51 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1731
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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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 | 253.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 6.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.74° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.95° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.