The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 2046
Waning Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1533
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 | 258.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 274.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 1.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.14° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.88° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.