The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2016
Waning Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
1:28 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1162
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 249.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -4.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.32° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / -3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.28° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.