The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
2:02 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1014
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 | 114.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 63.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 8.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.25° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.41° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.80° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.