The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2103
Last Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
12:10 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2238
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 261.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / -5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.71° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / 7.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.27° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.