The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2142
Waxing Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
9:36 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2721
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 | 49.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 119.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -10.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.85° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.21° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.