The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 1960
Waxing Crescent
15.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
9:16 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.2%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 470
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.2° 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 | 45.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 124.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -14.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.61° / 1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / -1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.22° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.