The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
2:37 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 111
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 57.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 12.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.65° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.09° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.