The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 2093
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
6:49 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2115
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 151.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.76° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.33° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| 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.