The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
3:30 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3166
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 | 128.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 47.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.67° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.19° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.