The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1995
Waning Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
1:16 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 902
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
-
Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 250.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -5.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.87° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.97° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.14° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.