The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 1902
Last Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -248
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / -0.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.40° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.50° / 3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.50° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.