The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2057
Waning Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
1:37 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1669
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 | 288.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -2.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.34° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.90° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.48° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.