The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1916
Waning Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -75
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 | 258.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 2.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.79° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.17° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.