The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2150
Waxing Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 AM
6:34 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2820
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 153.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -24.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.07° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.07° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.