The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
6:11 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1088
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 15.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 23.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.32° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.09° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.