The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2095
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
1:44 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2139
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -4.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.63° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.93° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.