The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2118
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
12:52 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2424
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 75.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / 5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.28° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.47° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.