The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2055
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 AM
4:06 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1644
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter 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 | 338.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 197.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -16.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.84° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.49° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.