The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 1944
Waxing Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 272
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -9.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.61° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.44° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.