The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
2:47 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2696
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 | 121.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 54.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 15.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.48° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.79° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| 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.