The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
12:57 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1014
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 | 102.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 75.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 2.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.45° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.87° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.95° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.