The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 1907
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
8:29 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -186
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 340.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 22.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.21° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.77° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.