The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2198
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3413
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 | 259.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 272.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / -0.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.92° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.66° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.99° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.