The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 2139
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 AM
3:33 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2683
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 | 340.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 194.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -25.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.89° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.24° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| 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.