The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 2197
Waxing Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
3:18 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3401
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 16.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.86° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.53° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.