The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 2092
Waning Gibbous
72.5% 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
10:36 PM
11:38 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2102
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.17° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.87° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.