The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2149
Last Quarter
51.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2807
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / 5.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.55° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.25° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.