The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 1936
Waxing Crescent
31.1% 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
11:16 AM
11:12 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.1%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 173
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 | 67.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -4.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.19° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.61° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.