The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
3:38 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 111
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 | 130.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.60° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.95° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.