The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 2057
Last Quarter
45.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
1:11 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1669
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 262.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / 3.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.18° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.94° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.32° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.