The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2111
Waning Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
11:31 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2337
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.10° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.50° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.