The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2187
Waning Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
12:24 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3277
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 | 257.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 9.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.89° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.72° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| 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.