The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 1932
Last Quarter
51.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.7%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 123
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -0.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.87° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.57° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.