The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 2161
Waxing Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
8:22 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2956
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 134.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -14.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.79° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.76° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.