The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 1951
Last Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
12:23 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 358
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -2.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.17° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.88° / 3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.36° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.