The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 1940
Waning Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
11:39 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 222
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 | 252.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 280.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 5.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.12° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.95° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| 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.