The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 1902
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
11:09 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -248
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 | 243.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.20° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.21° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| 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.