The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2044
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
6:10 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1509
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 157.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -26.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.07° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.04° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.