The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2123
Waxing Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
7:55 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2486
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 139.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.40° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.21° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.