The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2019
Waning Crescent
23.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
2:15 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.1%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1199
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -7.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.37° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.05° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.