The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 1960
Waxing Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
8:06 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 470
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 | 31.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 137.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.75° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.41° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.