The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 1938
Waning Crescent
3.9% 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
5:48 AM
3:49 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 197
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 | 337.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 198.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.36° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.45° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.