The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 1922
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
7:44 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 0
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 | 27.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 141.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -16.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.56° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.02° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.