The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2163
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
1:31 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2980
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 | 293.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -7.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.61° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.89° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.45° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| 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.