The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1906
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
10:54 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -198
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -12.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.66° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.90° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.70° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.