The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 1916
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 AM
3:54 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -75
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 189.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -25.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.73° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.39° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.