The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 1918
Waning Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
9:52 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -50
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 311.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.36° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.16° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.