The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 1929
Waning Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
11:40 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.38° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.55° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.