The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
1:05 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2189
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 73.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 5.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.07° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.11° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.