The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2138
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 PM
11:09 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2671
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 | 239.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 10.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.18° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / 2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.83° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.