The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
6:37 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1175
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 | 15.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 154.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.51° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.37° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.