The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 2122
Waning Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
12:32 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2473
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -8.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.63° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.08° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.