The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2066
Waxing Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
11:02 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1781
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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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 | 64.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -5.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.10° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.11° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.