The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 1911
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
5:48 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -136
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 160.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -27.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.19° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.31° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.