The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 1941
Waxing Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
6:58 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 235
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 | 17.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 151.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.39° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.40° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.