The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2118
Waxing Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
9:33 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2424
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 | 52.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 121.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.45° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.81° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.15° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.