The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 2158
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
5:59 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2919
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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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 | 9.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 161.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -23.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.62° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.56° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.