The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 2168
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3042
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 | 259.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 9.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.71° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.90° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.