The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 1976
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
5:59 AM
4:11 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 667
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 194.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.77° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.07° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.