The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 1935
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
11:47 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 160
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 | 256.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 3.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.71° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.81° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.