The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 2050
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
11:29 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1583
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.70° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / -4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.14° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.