The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 2089
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
10:47 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2065
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.04° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.15° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.