The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 1929
Waning Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
11:04 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 86
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 | 225.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 308.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 21.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.73° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.41° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.