The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2085
Waxing Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
9:43 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2016
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,600 km.
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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 | 49.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 119.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -10.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.27° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.32° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.47° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.