The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
7:29 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1175
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 | 26.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 143.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -19.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.32° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.18° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.