The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 1937
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
10:00 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 185
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 | 220.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 308.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.29° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.95° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.