The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 2055
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
6:44 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1645
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 153.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -21.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.40° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.94° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.