The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 2105
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
7:55 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2263
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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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 | 185.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 345.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 20.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.39° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.