The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
4:22 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -25
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 35.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.38° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.93° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.