The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 2129
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
1:20 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2560
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 1.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.63° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.22° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.