The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
2:33 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 445
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 58.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 10.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.73° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.76° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.