The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2109
Waning Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
1:34 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2312
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -2.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.27° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / -2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.61° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| 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.