The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 1982
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
6:16 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 742
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 157.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -23.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.77° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.39° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.