The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
4:24 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -223
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 | 143.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 34.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 13.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.42° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.16° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.