The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
2:42 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2090
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 56.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 7.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.67° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.51° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.