The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1997
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
12:02 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 927
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 | 257.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.94° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.17° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.