The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 1924
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
11:24 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 24
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.35° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.28° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.58° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.