The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2101
Waning Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
1:40 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2213
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 | 305.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 231.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -16.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.06° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.25° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.