The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
4:20 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1521
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 | 137.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 38.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 21.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.74° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.35° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.