The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 1975
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
8:26 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 655
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 | 193.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 336.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 19.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.71° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.30° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.