The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2019
Waning Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
2:48 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1199
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 222.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -12.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.38° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.34° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.23° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.