The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2081
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
11:42 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1966
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 | 250.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 7.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.48° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.75° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.