The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 2011
Waning Crescent
31.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
1:06 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1100
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 | 292.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 243.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -11.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.47° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.37° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| 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.