The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
2:59 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2461
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 | 123.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.33° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.61° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| 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.