The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
4:29 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 346
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 | 139.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 36.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.75° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.17° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.