The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2032
Waning Gibbous
85.4% 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
9:14 PM
10:10 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1360
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 304.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.13° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.77° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.