The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2184
Waning Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
11:01 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3240
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 | 235.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 296.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 12.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.67° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.82° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.