The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 2081
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
10:46 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1966
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 307.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.37° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.01° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.47° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.