The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 1978
Waning Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
11:32 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 692
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 | 247.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 284.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 8.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.13° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.39° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.