The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 2184
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
10:20 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3240
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 | 222.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 307.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.20° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.69° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.