The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
11:25 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1026
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 297.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.25° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.57° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.