The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 1985
Waxing Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
10:21 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 779
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 113.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.79° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.96° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.23° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| 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.