The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 1972
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
4:24 PM
7:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 618
Events on this date
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 3.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 25.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.06° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.56° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.