The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 1921
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 AM
7:56 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -12
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 139.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.29° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.91° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.