The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 1960
Waxing Crescent
2.5% 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
8:43 AM
6:57 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 470
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 152.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.65° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.60° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| 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.