The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2080
Waxing Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
10:12 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1954
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
-
Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 114.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.63° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.39° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.