The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
12:41 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1719
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 | 98.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 77.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / 3.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.96° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.55° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.