The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2164
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
12:49 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2993
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 | 100.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 76.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 2.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.57° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.34° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.