The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
7:06 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1892
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 | 172.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 0.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 22.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.74° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.21° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.