The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 2013
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
9:07 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1125
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 323.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.18° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.85° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.