The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 2106
Waning Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
1:31 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2275
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 | 296.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -10.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.43° / -1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.03° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.