The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2038
Waning Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
1:37 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1434
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 | 287.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -1.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.93° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.70° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.