The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2046
Last Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
12:12 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1533
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 262.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -4.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.21° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.46° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.04° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.