The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1945
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
9:24 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 284
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 329.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 23.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.28° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.35° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.