The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2055
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
7:45 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1645
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 | 30.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 140.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -20.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.92° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.75° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.