The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2125
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
2:12 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2510
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 228.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -13.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.43° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / -0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.02° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.