The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 2043
Waning Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
10:58 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1496
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 | 226.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 306.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.51° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / -3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.87° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.