The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 1927
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
1:23 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 61
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 | 277.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / 4.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.54° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.46° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.