The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 1937
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
9:18 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 185
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 | 207.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 322.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 43m / 17.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.55° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.82° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.