The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 1948
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
10:57 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 321
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 | 223.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 309.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.30° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.22° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.