The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2050
First Quarter
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1583
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / 0.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.85° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.97° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.