The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 1943
Waning Crescent
42.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
2:18 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.1%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 259
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / 1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.14° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.32° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.