The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2183
First Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3228
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 90.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -2.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.35° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.70° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.