The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2043
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
11:28 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1496
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 14.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.45° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.00° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.