The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
3:24 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2795
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 | 131.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 46.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 10.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.08° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.13° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.