The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 2061
First Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1719
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -3.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.84° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / 2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.70° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.