The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
2:29 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3166
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 58.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.26° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.81° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.33° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.