The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
4:39 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 284
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 | 146.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 30.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.27° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.15° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.