The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 1946
Waning Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
1:37 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 296
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / 0.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.97° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.25° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.