The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 2071
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 AM
5:46 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1843
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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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 | 2.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 168.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.36° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.10° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 210.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.