The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 1940
Last Quarter
54.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.2%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 222
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 268.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 1.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.99° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / 2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.11° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.