The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
6:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2263
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 1.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.15° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.28° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.