The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1919
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
4:02 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -38
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 193.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -20.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.84° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.83° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.