The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2129
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
2:27 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2560
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 | 120.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 58.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 6.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.35° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.08° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.