The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 1948
Waning Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
11:33 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 321
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 297.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.64° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.36° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.