The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 1920
Waxing Crescent
31.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
11:09 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.9%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -25
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 103.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -6.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.99° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.83° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.