The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2000
Waning Crescent
23.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
2:17 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.0%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 964
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 236.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -7.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.05° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.24° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.