The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 2024
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
11:18 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1261
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 | 234.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 299.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.37° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.21° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.