The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 2157
Waning Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
11:25 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2906
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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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 283.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.56° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.63° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.