The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
12:25 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 74
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / -1.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.81° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| 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.