The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2181
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
7:59 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3203
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 | 187.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 343.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 33m / 18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.84° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.89° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.