The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2054
Waning Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
12:08 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1632
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 | 256.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 7.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.18° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / -1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.41° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.