The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 1919
Waning Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
2:40 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -38
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 217.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -17.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.29° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.46° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.