The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 2023
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
9:14 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1249
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 125.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.85° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.81° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.