The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
4:35 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -186
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 | 145.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 32.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.39° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.75° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.