The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 1907
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
9:18 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -186
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 | 201.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 329.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 22.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.08° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.91° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.