The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 2179
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
11:11 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3178
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 | 246.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 284.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 5.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.32° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.05° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| 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.