The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 1921
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
11:07 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -13
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 | 242.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 289.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 8.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.38° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.01° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| 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.