The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
12:59 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1162
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -0.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.29° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.12° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| 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.