The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 1962
Waning Crescent
25.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
2:09 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.2%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 494
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 | 300.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.35° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.80° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.