The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2113
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
5:23 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2362
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 22.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.37° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.86° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.