The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2137
Waxing Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
2:21 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2659
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 | 116.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 59.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 13.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.92° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.53° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.