The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2147
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
3:47 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2782
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 204.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.79° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.75° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.