The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 1920
Last Quarter
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -25
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -3.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.86° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.25° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.