The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 1936
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
7:56 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 173
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 | 31.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 139.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.90° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.14° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.