The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 2023
First Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1249
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 87.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -3.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.62° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / 3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.30° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.