The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
3:38 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2090
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
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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 | 133.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 44.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.51° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.37° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| 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.