The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2049
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
1:55 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1570
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 229.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.73° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.13° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.