The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 1914
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
4:27 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -100
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 179.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -27.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.37° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.89° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.