The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 2066
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
8:38 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1781
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 | 37.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 131.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.01° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.47° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.