The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 2176
Waning Gibbous
83.1% 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
9:31 PM
10:39 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3141
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 | 228.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 302.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 14.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.09° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.16° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| 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.