The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 2111
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
12:01 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2337
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 | 250.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 11.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.91° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.64° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.