The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 1959
Waning Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
11:09 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 457
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 | 241.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 9.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.22° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.60° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.