The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 1976
Waning Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
1:47 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 667
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 | 299.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 238.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -10.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.57° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / 1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.52° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.