The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
2:14 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 680
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 | 116.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 61.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.94° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.13° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.