The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 2199
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
7:38 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3426
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 143.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.29° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.15° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.34° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.