The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 2019
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
3:24 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1199
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 207.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.25° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.41° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.