The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 2034
Waxing Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
10:50 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1385
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 | 65.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 107.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.44° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.36° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.