The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1986
Waning Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
11:07 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 791
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 | 228.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 305.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 20.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.61° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / -4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.80° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.