The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 2111
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
10:57 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2337
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 | 229.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 303.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.31° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.35° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| 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.