The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 1937
Waning Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
10:36 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 185
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 | 234.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 295.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 8.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.62° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.08° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.