The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
1:35 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1212
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 69.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 4.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.16° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.55° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.