The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1962
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
1:43 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 494
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 250.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.45° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.63° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.