The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2031
Waxing Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
8:10 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1348
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 | 32.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 137.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.03° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.48° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.