The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 2122
Waning Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2473
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 | 258.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 273.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 0.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.06° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.77° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.