The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 2185
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
3:58 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3252
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 2.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 199.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.54° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.20° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.