The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2152
Waning Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
1:32 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2844
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -5.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.03° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.19° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.