The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 1906
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
6:24 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -198
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 158.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -20.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.95° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.83° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.43° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.