The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 2154
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
8:48 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2869
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 | 188.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 344.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 33m / 28.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.38° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.55° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.