The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1900
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
4:15 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -273
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 189.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -21.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.11° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.20° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| 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.