The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 1908
Waning Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
2:41 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -174
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 225.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -11.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.43° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.33° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.