The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 1927
Waning Crescent
17.8% 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
3:22 AM
2:32 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 228.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -10.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.14° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.98° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.