The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2062
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
11:25 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1731
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 292.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 13.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.52° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.81° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.