The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
7:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1088
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 | 171.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 1.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 24.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.70° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.96° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.