The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 1908
Waning Crescent
42.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
1:25 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -174
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 | 279.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / 3.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.40° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.81° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.