The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 1949
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
5:53 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 160.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -28.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.69° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.87° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.