The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 2069
Waxing Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1818
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 91.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -0.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.01° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.17° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.