The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 1928
First Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 74
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 | 84.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -7.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.12° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.97° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| 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.