The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 2090
Waning Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
2:15 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2077
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 236.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -7.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.38° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.97° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| 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.