The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
5:49 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1991
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 | 153.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 21.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 25.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.47° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.78° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.