The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2020
Waxing Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
11:36 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1212
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 100.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -10.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.91° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 7.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.03° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.