The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2052
Waning Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
2:35 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1607
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 | 311.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 227.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -11.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.91° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.54° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.