The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
6:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 247
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 359.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 23m / 16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.67° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.10° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.