The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
2:10 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -25
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 61.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 10.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.60° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.20° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.