The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2064
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
6:06 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1756
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 18.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 25.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.00° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.01° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.44° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.