The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2084
Last Quarter
46.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
12:14 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2003
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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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 | 273.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -6.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.71° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.27° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.63° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.