The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1930
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
5:29 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 99
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 | 7.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 165.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.74° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.68° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.