The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1920
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
7:25 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -25
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 145.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.36° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.54° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.