The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
5:05 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 581
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 | 145.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 29.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 23.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.56° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.40° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.