The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2165
Waning Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
10:35 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3005
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 | 227.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 302.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 14.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.09° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.03° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.