The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2134
Waxing Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
11:08 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2622
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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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 | 69.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 105.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -11.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.61° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.55° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.