The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 2019
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
1:44 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1199
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 | 289.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -2.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.26° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.88° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.