The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 1997
Waning Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
9:38 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 927
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 317.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.81° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.61° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.