The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 2021
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
8:22 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1224
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 | 185.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 346.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 26.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.61° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.88° / -2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.28° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.