The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 1974
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
8:12 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 643
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 | 34.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 135.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -16.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.59° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.71° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.