The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 2020
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
9:17 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1212
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 331.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 23.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.93° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.52° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.