The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2052
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
6:01 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1608
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 | 5.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 164.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.33° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.53° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.