The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
3:27 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 346
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 | 128.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 47.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 16.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.88° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.31° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.