The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2190
Waning Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
1:24 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3314
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 | 290.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 246.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.40° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.90° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.79° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.