The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2110
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
3:19 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2325
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 48.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.48° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.72° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.