The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1913
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -112
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / -0.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.64° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.77° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.