The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 1926
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
8:06 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 49
Events on this date
-
Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 11:05 PM, is deepest at 1:19 AM and ends at 3:34 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 346.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 23.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.57° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.43° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.