The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 1916
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
2:57 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -75
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 204.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -24.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.22° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.21° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.