The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
3:52 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1051
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 42.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.84° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.95° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.