The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 1909
First Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -161
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -7.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.13° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.63° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.77° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.