The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 1981
Waning Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
2:05 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 729
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 241.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -5.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.67° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.44° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.