The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
12:42 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2758
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 | 98.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 78.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 2.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.09° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.77° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.13° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.