The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 1994
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
9:21 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 890
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 | 209.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 319.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 56m / 15.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.82° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.21° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.