The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
5:08 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 482
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 | 151.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 24.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 15.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.56° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.95° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.