The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2074
Waning Crescent
4.0% 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
5:33 AM
4:02 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1879
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 | 337.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 198.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -16.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.39° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.30° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.