The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 2025
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
4:32 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1273
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 177.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -28.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.04° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.95° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 37.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.