The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 1940
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
11:02 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 222
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 | 239.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 9.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.39° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.81° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.