The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 2191
Waxing Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
11:14 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3327
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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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 | 69.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 104.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -10.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.37° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.32° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.