The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 1935
Waning Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
1:23 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 160
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 | 300.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 235.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.46° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.47° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.