The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 2059
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
9:32 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1694
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 | 200.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 332.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 26.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.86° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.84° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| 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.