The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 1916
Waning Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
1:03 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -75
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 | 292.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -12.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.19° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.47° / 7.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.66° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.