The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 1908
Waning Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
3:11 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -174
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 212.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 27m / -15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.37° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.52° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.