The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 1997
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
11:31 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 927
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 | 246.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 286.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 9.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.02° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.02° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.