The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 2133
Waning Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
1:15 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2609
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 | 280.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / 0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.01° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.20° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.