The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 1981
Waning Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
1:38 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 729
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -0.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.51° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.27° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.