The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 2082
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
7:31 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1979
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 | 27.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 143.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -22.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.87° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.42° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.