The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
12:40 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 544
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 | 98.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / -0.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.07° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.36° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.