The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 1992
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
2:28 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 865
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 | 319.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 216.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.04° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.91° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.