The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
3:58 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 581
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 | 134.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 41.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.95° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.54° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.