The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1990
Waxing Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
8:31 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 841
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 | 38.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 132.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.05° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.31° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.