The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2074
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
8:02 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1880
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 137.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.66° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.93° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.