The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
6:07 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1892
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 | 161.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 12.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 38m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.68° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.34° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.