The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
12:36 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1212
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 79.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / -0.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.26° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.71° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| 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.