The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1924
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
1:31 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 24
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 | 285.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -1.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.24° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.14° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.21° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.