The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
4:27 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2832
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 | 142.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 34.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.77° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.39° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.