The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1989
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
11:01 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 828
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 300.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 15.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.92° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.19° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.