The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
3:06 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2226
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter 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 | 124.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.83° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.42° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.