The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 2001
Waxing Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
9:48 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 977
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 118.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.44° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.02° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.