The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 1977
Waxing Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 680
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 93.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.74° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.34° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.60° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.