The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 2054
Waning Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
11:30 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1632
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 | 242.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 12.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.96° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.26° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.