The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
6:28 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -50
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 9.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 22.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.23° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.36° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.