The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 1906
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
9:47 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -198
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 | 53.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 118.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.88° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.31° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.87° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.