The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 1973
Waning Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 AM
1:40 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 630
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 | 305.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 230.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -16.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.27° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.92° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.