The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1944
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
7:19 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 272
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 144.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.57° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / -0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.34° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.