The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 1957
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
5:01 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 432
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 179.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.78° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.45° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.