The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2126
Waxing Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
8:07 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2523
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 | 32.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 137.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.86° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.80° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.