The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 1921
Last Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -13
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / -0.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.76° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.30° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.