The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2065
Last Quarter
50.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
12:07 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.2%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1768
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / -4.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.26° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.59° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.84° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.