The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2153
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
10:54 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2857
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 | 67.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -13.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.09° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.92° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.