The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
7:15 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1212
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 | 27.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 145.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -24.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.23° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / 4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.75° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.