The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2089
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
10:04 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2065
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 | 221.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 307.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 13.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.42° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.01° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.