The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 1990
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
7:29 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 841
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 143.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -21.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.00° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.50° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.