The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 1943
Last Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
1:50 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 259
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 259.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 5.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.02° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.16° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.