The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 1908
Waning Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
3:48 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -174
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 | 337.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 197.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -19.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.68° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.70° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.