The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 1975
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
9:52 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 655
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 | 218.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 309.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.15° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.56° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| 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.