The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 1948
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
12:02 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 321
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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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 | 250.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 11.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.93° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.50° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.