The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
1:30 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 779
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 | 108.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 69.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 4.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.81° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.57° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.