The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2117
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 AM
3:22 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2411
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 196.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -26.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.18° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.86° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.