The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
4:01 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2696
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 40.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 20.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.12° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.65° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.