The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 1992
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
1:48 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 865
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 | 307.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 228.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.51° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.73° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.