The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 1989
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
12:32 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 828
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 | 277.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -6.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.61° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.79° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.