The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 1921
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
11:45 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -13
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 | 255.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 3.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.68° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.15° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.