The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 1918
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
9:13 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -50
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 | 204.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 32m / 18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.83° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.02° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.