The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 2051
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
9:13 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1595
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 | 207.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 321.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 16.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.05° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.28° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.