The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2061
Waxing Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
9:28 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1719
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 | 52.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 122.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.38° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.21° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.