The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 1957
Waning Crescent
2.9% 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
6:01 AM
4:07 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 432
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 | 340.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 194.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.26° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.26° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| 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.