The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2104
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
4:31 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2250
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 183.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -22.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.97° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.41° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.