The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
12:10 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1199
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 286.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.74° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.41° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.