The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2077
Waxing Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
11:59 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1917
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 | 78.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 97.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -8.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.08° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.64° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.