The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2035
Waning Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
12:10 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1397
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 | 257.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.42° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / -1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.61° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.