The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 2085
Waxing Crescent
9.9% 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
9:52 AM
8:30 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2016
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -15.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.86° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.66° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.