The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 1972
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
8:08 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 618
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 347.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 24.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.17° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.53° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.