The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 2000
Waning Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
1:48 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 964
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 | 290.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -2.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.99° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.07° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.