The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
12:55 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 74.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / 5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.96° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.15° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.