The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 1919
Waning Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
1:33 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -38
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 | 297.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 239.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -11.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.52° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.10° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.