The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
1:45 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 210
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 | 110.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 66.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 7.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.97° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.54° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.