The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 2172
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
10:07 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3092
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.21° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.30° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.