The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2007
Waxing Crescent
42.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1051
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -4.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.32° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.53° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.