The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
12:34 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2053
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 78.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / 4.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.24° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.21° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.