The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
12:30 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 779
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 | 97.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 80.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / -0.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.78° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.73° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.