The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2101
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
5:07 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2214
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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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 171.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -26.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.67° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.00° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 345.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.