The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
1:25 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3265
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 | 108.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.25° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / 7.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.80° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.