The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2067
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
7:41 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1793
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 351.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.50° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 167.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.