The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 2101
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
6:25 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2214
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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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 | 15.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 156.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -24.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.93° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.81° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.