The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Last Quarter
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1199
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
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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 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / 8.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.91° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.56° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.