The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 1964
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
8:25 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 519
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 343.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 24.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.33° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.03° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.