The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 1920
Waning Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
10:41 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -25
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 5.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.23° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.96° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.