The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
3:36 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 148
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 | 130.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.02° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.57° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.