The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 1933
Waxing Crescent
18.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
9:35 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.1%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 136
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 0.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 121.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -15.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.58° / -0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / 1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.56° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.