The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 2084
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
12:41 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2003
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -11.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.45° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.64° / 7.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.79° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.