The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
1:14 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1620
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 | 105.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 72.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 2.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.59° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.09° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.