The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2001
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
6:49 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 977
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 | 21.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 150.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -24.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.63° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.57° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.