The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 2073
Waning Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
11:27 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1867
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 13.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.33° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.07° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.