The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 2095
Waning Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
2:07 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2139
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 | 303.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 234.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.45° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.10° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.