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Moon Information For December 21 2021 (United States)

Moon December 21, 2021 (United States)

The Moon information shown here applies to Washington, District of Columbia, United States on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. (Local time America/New York)

Moonrise to moonset9h27m
Moonrise18:58
Moonset09:31
Distance to the center of the Sun147,159,767 km
Distance to the center of Earth401,582 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)96.3%
Lunar phasewaning
Current zodiac sign the MoonCancer ♋
Moon age (days past new moon)16.6

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in December 2021.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and VenusDecember 6Venus is 1.9 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and SaturnDecember 7Saturn is 4.2 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterDecember 9Jupiter is 4.6 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and Pollux2021-12-21 04:20Pollux is 2.9 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and BeehiveDecember 22Beehive is 3.6 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and MarsDecember 31Mars is 0.9 degrees North of the Moon.

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