The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2037
Waxing Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
5:43 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1422
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 | 157.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 17.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 23m / 17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.91° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.76° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.