The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2140
Waxing Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2696
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 | 82.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 90.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -0.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.70° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.24° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.