The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 2126
Waxing Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2523
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 | 79.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -2.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.35° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.09° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.