The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 2097
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
8:49 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2164
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 342.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 39m / 27.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.63° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.30° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.