The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
7:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 853
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 | 169.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 3.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 24.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.19° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.33° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.76° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.