The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 1930
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
6:29 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 99
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 153.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -27.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.31° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.49° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.