The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 2157
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 PM
10:34 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2906
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 | 224.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 306.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.00° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.34° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.