The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2076
Waning Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
1:49 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1904
Events on this date
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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 | 294.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -5.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.98° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.28° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.