The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 2065
Waning Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
12:34 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1768
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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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -9.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.94° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / 7.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.00° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.