The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 2117
Waning Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
2:03 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2411
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.14° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.49° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.