The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
3:12 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 680
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 | 127.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 50.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 11.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.12° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.98° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.