The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1941
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
8:05 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 235
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 | 31.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 137.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.07° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.21° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.