The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 2024
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
11:42 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1261
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 11.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.84° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.35° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.