The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 2163
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 AM
2:09 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2980
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 | 305.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 231.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -11.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.45° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.63° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.