The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1939
Waxing Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
10:57 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 210
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 105.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -7.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.38° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.18° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.