The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 1930
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
4:34 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 98
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 177.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -27.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.94° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.13° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 40.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.