The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2050
Waxing Crescent
7.6% 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
9:31 AM
8:04 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1583
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 | 31.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 138.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.41° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.45° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.67° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.