The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2074
Waxing Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
9:12 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1880
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 | 46.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 125.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.00° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.75° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.