The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
12:49 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 210
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 | 99.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 76.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 4.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.93° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.69° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.