The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2004
Waxing Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
10:39 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1014
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.0° / 111.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.77° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.44° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.