The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 2103
Waning Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
11:23 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2238
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 4.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.94° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.96° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.