The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2155
Waning Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
2:34 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2881
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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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 | 325.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 210.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -23.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.55° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.57° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.28° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.