The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 2044
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 AM
5:11 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1509
Events on this date
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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.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 1.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 169.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -27.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.15° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.23° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 322.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.