The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 2003
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
2:16 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1001
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 | 308.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 229.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -12.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.82° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.02° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| 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.