The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2077
Waxing Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
10:47 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1917
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 | 65.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.0° / 109.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -14.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.10° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.81° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.