The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 2155
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
1:59 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2881
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 | 312.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 223.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.74° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.31° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.09° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.