The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 1995
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 AM
4:10 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 902
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 194.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -18.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.58° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.86° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.