The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
3:12 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 49.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 14.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.41° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.86° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.