The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 1933
Waxing Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
10:47 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 136
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 108.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -9.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.77° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.29° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.38° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.