The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 2071
Waning Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
2:16 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1842
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 | 304.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 235.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -8.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.03° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.17° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.