The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 1996
Waxing Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 915
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 | 81.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -4.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.13° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / -1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.79° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.