The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 1978
Waning Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 692
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 275.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 4.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.05° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.54° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.