The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2009
Waxing Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
9:13 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1076
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 124.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -14.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.92° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.52° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.