The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
75.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
2:27 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3265
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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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 6.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.22° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.66° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.