The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 1903
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
7:08 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -235
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 149.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.07° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.83° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.