The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2144
Waning Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 AM
2:08 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2745
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 231.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -12.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.57° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.82° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.