The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2106
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
2:06 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2275
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 229.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -13.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.15° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.21° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.