The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2145
First Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2758
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 88.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / -1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.33° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.26° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.29° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.