The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 1946
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 AM
3:51 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 296
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 194.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -21.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.45° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / 0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.14° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.