The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2176
Waning Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
11:34 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3141
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 | 254.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 2.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.75° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.19° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.44° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.