The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Waning Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
1:44 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1100
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 | 305.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 230.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.89° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.54° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.