The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
1:39 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -161
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 67.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.48° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.47° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.