The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 2006
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
2:11 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1038
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 | 314.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 222.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.23° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.58° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.