The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2077
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
6:11 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1917
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 157.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -26.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.80° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.53° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.