The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2071
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
4:57 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1842
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 | 351.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 182.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.04° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.91° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.