The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 2191
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
8:43 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3327
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 130.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -21.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.52° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.67° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.