The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 1984
Waning Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
1:29 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 766
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 | 284.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 255.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / 0.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.95° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.89° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.