The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2048
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
8:01 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1558
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 11:05 PM, is deepest at 1:26 AM and ends at 3:47 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 347.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 21.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.14° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.