The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2082
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
6:16 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1979
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 157.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -25.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.75° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.61° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.