The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
2:15 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1620
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 | 117.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 61.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 6.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.66° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.31° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.95° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.