The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
4:05 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1187
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 | 139.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 38.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 12.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.52° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.69° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.