The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 1987
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
6:01 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 804
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 | 13.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 159.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -27.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.34° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.27° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.