The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 1900
Waning Crescent
25.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
1:36 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.2%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -273
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 237.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -12.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.27° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.47° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.