The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 1928
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
9:09 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 74
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 | 49.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 125.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -21.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.97° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.48° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.