The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 1960
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
4:01 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 469
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 | 335.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 200.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.54° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.83° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.