The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 2149
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
12:22 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2807
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 | 256.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 9.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.77° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.07° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.10° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.