The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2098
Waning Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
1:19 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2176
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -5.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.00° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.34° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.