The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 1901
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
10:46 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -260
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 | 63.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 107.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -7.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.73° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.63° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.