The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2051
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
9:57 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1595
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 | 220.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 308.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.88° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.41° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.