The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 2198
Waning Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
11:14 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3413
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 | 248.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 282.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 4.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.13° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.30° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.84° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.