The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 2144
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
2:53 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2745
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 | 320.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 217.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -15.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.20° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.00° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.