The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1984
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 AM
3:35 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 766
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 | 336.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 198.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -22.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.92° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.60° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.