The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 2008
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
12:44 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 284.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 249.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.15° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.60° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.