The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 1966
Waxing Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
9:38 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 544
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 | 54.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 120.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.17° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.02° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.