The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 1917
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
7:48 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -62
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 | 29.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 140.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.11° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.97° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| 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.