The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
2:03 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 62.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 10.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.02° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.00° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.