The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
2:25 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 915
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 | 119.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 59.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 8.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.14° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.33° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| 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.