The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2070
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
10:48 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1830
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 | 236.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 9.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.52° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.35° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.