The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 1913
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
12:53 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -112
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.73° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.93° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| 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.