The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2125
Waning Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
2:55 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2510
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 | 321.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 215.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -16.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.18° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.20° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.