The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2107
Waxing Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 AM
7:34 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2288
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 143.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.23° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.61° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.