The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2034
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
2:02 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1385
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 63.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 6.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.99° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.74° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.