The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
12:51 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 309
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 0.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.06° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.28° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.01° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.