The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 2019
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
1:14 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1199
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 | 276.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 262.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 3.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.09° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.72° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.