The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 2020
First Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1212
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Jupiter and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 90.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / -5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.20° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.87° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.