The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1902
Waning Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
11:45 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -248
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 | 256.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 3.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.03° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.30° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.35° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.