The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 2074
Waxing Crescent
3.0% 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
9:06 AM
6:54 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1880
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 151.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.91° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.12° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.