The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 1926
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
9:03 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 49
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 | 197.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 333.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 23.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.57° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.56° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.