The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
5:30 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -25
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 20.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 18.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.99° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.80° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.