The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2090
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
5:16 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2077
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 176.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.80° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.71° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.