The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
2:49 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -124
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 | 122.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 54.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 13.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.03° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / -1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.74° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.