The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 1938
Waning Crescent
23.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
1:50 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.2%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 197
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 | 302.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 235.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -12.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.67° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.91° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.