The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 2133
Waning Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
2:05 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2609
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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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 | 304.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -11.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.67° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.54° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.