The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 1974
Waxing Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 643
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 | 77.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -0.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.22° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.00° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.