The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
2:52 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1855
Events on this date
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 54.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.10° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.16° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.