The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1162
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 3.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.04° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.96° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.