The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 1951
Waning Gibbous
68.4% 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
11:07 PM
11:41 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 358
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 | 248.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 284.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 9.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.57° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.07° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.05° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.