The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 1934
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
8:38 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 148
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 342.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 25.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.60° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / -1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.09° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.