The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 1966
First Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 544
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 89.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -5.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.24° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.07° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.51° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.