The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 1913
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 PM
10:37 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -112
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 314.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 23.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.79° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.19° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| 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.