The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
1:08 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -25
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 73.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.41° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.18° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.35° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.