The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2108
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
10:02 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2300
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 | 220.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 308.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 14.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.57° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.81° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.