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Moon Information For December 17 2020 (South Africa)

Moon December 17, 2020 (South Africa)

The Moon information shown here applies to Pretoria, South Africa on Thursday, December 17, 2020. (Local time Africa/Johannesburg)

Moonrise to moonset14h5m
Moonrise07:44
Moonset21:49
Distance to the center of the Sun147,205,110 km
Distance to the center of Earth379,103 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)6.6%
Lunar phasewaxing
Current zodiac sign the MoonAries ♈
Moon age (days past new moon)2.4

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in December 2020.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and BeehiveDecember 5Beehive is 2.5 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and VenusDecember 12Venus is 0.8 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and Jupiter2020-12-17 06:28Jupiter is 3 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and Saturn2020-12-17 07:25Saturn is 3.1 degrees North of the Moon.

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