The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2066
Waxing Crescent
19.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
9:52 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.1%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1781
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 | 51.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -10.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.73° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.28° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.