The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2120
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
6:23 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2449
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 156.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -24.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.71° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.99° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.01° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.