The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 2036
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
8:08 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1410
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 | 34.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 136.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.92° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.38° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.