The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 2026
Waxing Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1286
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 | 83.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.62° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.88° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.73° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.