The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 2005
Waning Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
10:59 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1026
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 307.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.37° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / -4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.43° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.