The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 1949
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
4:47 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 333
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 174.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -28.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.40° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.94° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 11.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.