The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 1959
Waning Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
11:43 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 457
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 | 252.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 280.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 5.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.86° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / 2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.75° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.