The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 1944
Waxing Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
10:32 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 272
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 | 50.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 112.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.57° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.78° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.