The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 1903
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 AM
3:54 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -236
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 | 334.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 201.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.23° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.42° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.