The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Waxing Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
10:42 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1200
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 108.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -11.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.66° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.11° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.