The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 1945
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
10:17 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 284
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 316.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 30m / 22.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.35° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.48° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.