The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2060
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
3:16 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1706
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 199.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -24.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.65° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.61° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.