The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
6:25 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1657
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 8.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 55m / 20.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.73° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.97° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.