The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 1958
Waxing Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
11:43 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 445
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 | 75.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 98.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -4.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.84° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.39° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| 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.