The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 2067
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
8:27 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1793
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 | 192.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 338.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.98° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.38° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.