The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2053
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
11:17 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1620
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 102.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -8.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.61° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.56° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.