The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 2014
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 AM
3:30 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1137
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 207.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.23° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.49° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.