The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 1944
Waxing Crescent
28.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
11:42 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.1%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 272
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 | 63.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 101.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -13.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.54° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.61° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.