The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 1905
Waning Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
2:05 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -211
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 239.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -6.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.18° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.57° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.