The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 2060
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
2:44 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1706
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 | 324.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 211.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.74° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.43° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.