The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
1:32 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -223
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 | 109.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 3.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.67° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.58° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.