The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2172
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
11:19 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3092
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.30° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.71° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.13° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.