The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 1935
Waning Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
1:54 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 160
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 | 311.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 223.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -19.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.72° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.65° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.