The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 1932
Waning Crescent
40.6% 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
12:58 AM
12:44 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 123
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.59° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.73° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.