The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
5:52 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 853
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 | 156.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 19.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.42° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.89° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.