The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 1920
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
10:12 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -25
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -9.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.98° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.00° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.