The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 2172
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3092
Events on this date
-
December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 91.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -4.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.92° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.14° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.96° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.