The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 2193
Waning Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 AM
2:07 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3351
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 219.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 43m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.84° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.53° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.