The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 1940
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 PM
8:57 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 222
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 | 202.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 327.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 12m / 17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.17° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.40° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.