The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2166
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
4:50 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3017
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 | 350.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 182.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.35° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.21° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.76° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.