The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2072
Waxing Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1855
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 | 80.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -6.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.24° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.77° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.