The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 2090
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
4:25 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2077
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 192.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.90° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.52° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.