The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 2130
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
11:28 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2572
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 | 238.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.65° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.15° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.