The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1905
Waning Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
11:08 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -211
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 | 235.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 297.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.27° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / 1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.78° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.