The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 1910
Waning Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
11:37 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -149
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 | 237.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 297.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.26° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.05° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.74° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.