The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 2047
Waxing Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
9:39 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1546
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 | 49.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 120.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -11.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.55° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.34° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.07° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.