The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 2097
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
9:50 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2164
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 | 204.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 327.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 26.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.89° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.43° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.