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Moon Information For December 17 2020 (United States)

Moon December 17, 2020 (United States)

The Moon information shown here applies to Washington, District of Columbia, United States on Thursday, December 17, 2020. (Local time America/New York)

Moonrise to moonset8h46m
Moonrise10:14
Moonset19:00
Distance to the center of the Sun147,201,440 km
Distance to the center of Earth380,522 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)8.4%
Lunar phasewaxing
Current zodiac sign the MoonAries ♈
Moon age (days past new moon)2.8

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 4Beehive is 2.5 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and VenusDecember 12Venus is 0.8 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterDecember 16Jupiter is 3 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and Saturn2020-12-17 00:25Saturn is 3.1 degrees North of the Moon.

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