The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
5:31 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 346
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 24.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 45m / 24.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.59° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.04° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.