The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2187
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
11:50 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3277
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 14.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.64° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.57° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.