The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 2008
Last Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
12:21 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1063
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 260.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -4.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.41° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.13° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.44° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.