The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2114
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
1:37 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2374
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -3.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.05° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.56° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.