The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2199
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
10:02 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3426
Events on this date
-
December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 116.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -9.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.13° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.97° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.