The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2130
Waning Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
12:00 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2572
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 285.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 12.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.90° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.29° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.