The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 1946
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
3:18 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 296
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 206.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.63° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.96° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.