The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 1920
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
6:32 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -25
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 156.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.48° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.73° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.