The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1975
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
9:11 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 655
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 | 206.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 323.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.33° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.43° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.