The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 1951
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
10:25 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 358
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 316.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.96° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.63° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.