The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
3:51 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1855
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 42.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.60° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.02° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.