The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1917
Waxing Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -62
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 | 82.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / 1.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.07° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.26° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.