The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 1906
Waxing Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
11:58 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -198
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 | 79.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 96.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -8.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.99° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.04° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.53° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.