The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2194
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
1:00 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3364
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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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 | 100.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 8.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.81° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.52° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.26° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.