The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2139
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
4:25 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2683
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 | 352.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 181.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -26.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.49° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.43° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.