The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
4:03 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1038
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 184.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -27.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.03° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.14° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.