The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 1917
Waxing Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
11:24 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -62
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 | 69.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 101.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -4.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.83° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.43° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.