The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 1921
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 PM
8:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -13
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 | 201.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 328.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.62° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.61° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.