The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 1987
Waning Crescent
20.0% 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
3:12 AM
1:56 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 803
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 | 307.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -14.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.27° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.20° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.79° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.