The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2133
Waning Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
1:40 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2609
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 | 292.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 245.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -5.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.48° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.37° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.