The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
7:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 383
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 3.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.45° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.37° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.