The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 2058
Waxing Crescent
31.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
11:02 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.8%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1682
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 | 68.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 107.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.44° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / 7.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.62° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.