The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 1962
Waning Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
1:16 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 494
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 | 278.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 260.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / 2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.60° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.46° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.