The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 2132
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
4:05 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2597
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 | 139.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 38.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 14.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.21° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.20° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.