The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 2175
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
11:43 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3129
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 98.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.15° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.39° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.