The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
1:13 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1954
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 | 103.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 72.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.56° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.91° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.74° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.