The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 1941
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
9:11 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 235
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 125.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -13.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.29° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.39° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.03° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.