The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 2130
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2572
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 | 260.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / 8.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.94° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.45° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.