The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 1943
Waning Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
12:19 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 259
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 | 235.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 16.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.50° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.70° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.