The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 2174
Waning Crescent
19.7% 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
3:24 AM
1:46 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3116
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 | 307.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 228.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.48° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.72° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| 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.