The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2063
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 AM
2:23 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1743
Events on this date
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 215.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -21.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.67° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.82° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.