The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2041
Waning Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
1:18 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1471
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 | 282.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -0.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.49° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.09° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.