The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 2195
Waning Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
11:04 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3376
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 | 241.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 8.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.30° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.09° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.