The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1911
Waning Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
2:32 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -137
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 221.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.21° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.75° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.