The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
1:55 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1855
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 | 113.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 4.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.88° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.30° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.