The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 1932
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
11:58 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 123
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 6.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.51° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / 1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.41° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.