The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
2:35 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1051
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 | 119.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 56.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 14.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.20° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.08° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.