The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 1971
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
8:11 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 606
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 | 34.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 136.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.01° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.13° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.