The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1973
Waning Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
2:15 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 630
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 | 316.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 219.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.64° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.10° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.