The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 1978
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
11:00 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 692
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 | 236.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 294.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 11.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.31° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.81° / 3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.24° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.