The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 1979
Waning Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
3:33 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 704
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 210.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 22m / -13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.52° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.44° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.