The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 2182
Waning Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
1:17 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3215
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 250.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.84° / 0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.08° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.