The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 2119
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
10:53 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2436
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 | 230.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 300.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 15.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.11° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.05° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| 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.