The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 1971
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
7:01 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 606
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 148.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -23.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.85° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.32° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.