The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 1919
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
3:19 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -38
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 205.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -19.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.07° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / 0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.64° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.