The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
1:04 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2795
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 | 105.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 74.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 0.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.20° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.11° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.42° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| 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.